How much would you pay for Ronaldo?

It's difficult to say. How many goals would he get? If he was taking all the set pieces he'd probably get 40 maybe. His value is relative to the success. I think he could potentially bring more success to United then Madrid over the next 3-4 years. I say that for the obvious reason that Barcelona will be tough for Madrid to shift and even when you buy 'names' - there is no certainty when your nearest rival has the players it has. Baring a league and champions league (which Ronaldo did little in the final for him), all he's done is give Madrid a chance to compete with Barcelona.

So what would I pay? I don't really care about the record or what Madrid paid for a simple reason. The Madrid fans would never in 1,000,000 years want him out for 50 million. Who else is going to score 60 goals a season for them and assist the goals? It's also an image thing. I would offer what they offered no problem. People can say they got his best - well that depends. From 18 to 24 we saw him develop into a quality player and he wasn't a striker and not always as greedy. However, it would get people buzzing and there are just as many positives as their are negatives.

Ronaldo shouldn't even consider PSG. United is powerful enough to generate interest and the fact is even with Ronaldo, Madrid cannot beat United in the states. I don't know how we do it. Not sentimental. Just not stupid to think he's past it and United with Ronaldo in Asia or USA would be nuts. Second only to if we could televise our own games.
 
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I would pay 60m, for a 3 year contract this will add up to 120m with his salary. Most of this should be covered by the increased commercial value he would bring, we might even break even or make a little profit. On the commercial side of things this should be considered sound business, because he would help our global growth.

On the football side of things he would definitely improve us, but by no means his addition would guarantee any titles. In his 6 years at Madrid when he was at his prime he won only 1 La Liga and 1 CL. And he will no longer be at his prime here - we would get him from 31 to 34 years old. People really underestimate the effects of age - at 30 RVP was the best player in the league, but at 32 he declined so much, that we had to flog him to Turkey for peanuts. And RVP relies much less on physicality than Ronaldo...
 
No way he's coming anyway. Not while he is still behind Raul as the top scorer for Madrid ever. His ego wouldn't allow it.
 
60. 20 per season plus his enormous wages. No more. As much as he is absolutely guaranteed to tear the league up now, im not sure how he will handle getting older. His physical attributes are such a big part of his game.

As its Madrid id also put a stop on the cheque as soon as he got on the plane.
 
He's not scoring 50 goals in this current team, shocked anyone would think that.
 
At this point, anything. Woddy baited me with three quicker transfers, I've been expecting two galacticos for a month now. (on back to back days; but both on the same day will do)
 
Really hard to say but it should not exceed what Madrid paid for him originally imo. Cristiano is 30 so hes at his peak but usually attacking players start declining after this point say at 32 or 33. It'll be fascinating to see how long Ronaldo/Messi can keep up their unworldly performances.
 
Ronaldo was a great player; fantastic memories, but he belongs to the past. It wouldn't be like it was before, with the player that grew up at the club, no Sir Alex in charge either.

He seems a changed player at Madrid, the ego appears overwhelming. I like what LvG is doing, he's balancing youth and experience, he's made good signings. Ronaldo would be a circus and distract from it.

So, nothing, he's made his choices in his career, there are no second acts at Manchester United
 
foolsgold said:
Ronaldo was a great player; fantastic memories, but he belongs to the past. It wouldn't be like it was before, with the player that grew up at the club, no Sir Alex in charge either.

He seems a changed player at Madrid, the ego appears overwhelming. I like what LvG is doing, he's balancing youth and experience, he's made good signings. Ronaldo would be a circus and distract from it.

So, nothing, he's made his choices in his career, there are no second acts at Manchester United
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Mark Hughes disagrees.

(But I actually agree with you. Except the part where you say Ronaldo seems changed. He was always like this, with an overwhelming ego. We just loved his insane amounts of goals to care about it.)
 
They won't sell him, not for 100M and probably not even for 150M, I doubt we'd even pay that much.
 
Boring ! Same thing every transfer window.
I am going out in a limb here, but I don't want him back , not a team player any more just out for himself, his goal celebration s after team mates scored last season point to that.
 
First bid in the £60m region and wait what Real have to say about it. Would go as high as £80m, even at 30 he would guarantee instant success. The lift he'd give the club and the fear he'd strike into our opponents in the league would be amazing. He'd be worth the transfer fee absolutely no doubt it. Problem are his wages and contract length though...
 
I would accept 20m from Madrid and Ronaldo playing for free.
 
For how much he would cost united... No way. He's hit 30 now and he isn't a team player anymore. I can just see Ronny running down his Madrid contract and then fly off to MLS.
 
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wut?! not sure if serious...
would you sell him for those prices then?
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That's not quite same thing. If he was still our player and still performing at the level he is now then no. Buying him back from Madrid carries certain risks. Motivation and what not isn't a guarantee. I can't think of a single example of a player returning to an old club and being the same player they once were.
 
At least the British transfer record (which I believe is ADM?). He currently deserves at least that, but I'm not sure I'd go for much higher. He's PL proven and would still boss around any EPL defense.
 
Wouldn't want him, he has such a huge output because the team is built around him and everyone else has to sacrifice themselves for his Ballon D'or chase. Getting into the later years of his career he'll continue to become more of a poacher.
 
I would have no issue building a team around the reigning ballon d'or holder.
Especially when you consider that we scored 3 goals in our last EPL games (which is something you'd expect from a team, in the relegation zone).

I think that the people who felt that Mourinho was not good enough for us, but Moyes was are also using the same bizarre logic to suggest that Ronaldo wouldn't be a good fit for us.
 
Eleventy million dollars.

Seriously though 50-60 million dollars-pounds-euros i don't much care which.
 
According to my new E-friend who randomly emailed me, say's I can have £250M which was left in a bank account in Nigeria, I've just mailed him to see if he can transfer the money to Real Madrid for Ronaldo. Anything for the club I love....
 
Don't want him back. I don't think he'd flourish under Van Gaal.
 
dxadel said:
Agree.But is it a good thing or a bad thing...do you think?
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It's just different. LvG wants a team that performs instinctively in sets/groups/trios across the field. There's little room for individual flair except on rare occasions. Similarly, Januzaj's development would have been pretty different under another manager from what it's gonna be under Van Gaal.

With Van Gaal, the focus is heavily on the team as a whole. The individual doesn't count for much.
 
I wouldn't get him at this point unless for ridiculous fees. He's in his 30s and we should be aiming to build a great side and not dwell in the past
 
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